RAISING A BILINGUAL CHILD

图书标准信息

• 作者 Barbara Zurer Pearson 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2008-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781400023349
• 定价 129.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Ifyouwouldlikeyourchildrentoexperiencethebenefitsofbecomingbilingual,butyouaren’tsurehowtoteachthemasecondlanguage,thenRaisingaBilingualChildistheperfectstep-by-stepguideforyou.

RaisingaBilingualChildprovidesparentswithinformation,encouragement,andpracticaladviceforcreatingapositivebilingualenvironment.Itoffersbothanoverviewofwhyparentsshouldraisetheirchildrentospeakmorethanonelanguageanddetailedstepsparentscantaketointegratetwolanguagesintotheirchild’sdailyroutine.

RaisingaBilingualChildalsoincludesinspirationalfirst-handaccountsfromparents.Itdispelsthemyththatbilingualismmayhinderachild’sacademicperformanceandexplainsthatlearninglanguagesatayoungagecanactuallyenhanceachild’soverallintellectualdevelopment.

【作者简介】

BarbaraZurerPearson,Ph.D.isaResearchAssociateinLinguisticsandanAdjunctProfessorintheDepartmentofCommunicationDisordersattheUniversityofMassachusettsAmherst.HerPh.D.inAppliedLinguisticsisfrom
theUniversityofMiami.Shehasovertwentyyearsofresearchexperienceinthefieldsoflanguageacquisitionandbilingualismanddidground-breakingworkonbilingualacquisitionandassessmentwithherresearchgroupatthe
UniversityofMiami.ThosestudiesofbilingualinfantsandchildrenhavebeenpublishedinthebookLanguageandLiteracyinBilingualChildren.Mostrecently,BarbaraZurerPearsonworkedontheDiagnosticEvaluationofLanguageVariation(DELV),aprojecttodevelopaninnovativelanguageassessmentforchildrenfundedbytheNationalInstitutesofHealth.